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Inside Anderson .Paak’s K-Pop Album: ‘This is More Than a Soundtrack’

Rolling Stone·Brian Hiatt·18 days ago
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Anderson .Paak ‘s K-Pops! (Music from and inspired by K-Pops! Motion Picture) , due May 29, started out as a companion album to his directorial debut , K-Pops !, which hits Netflix May 30, after a theatrical run earlier this year. The album is packed with A-list K-pop guest stars, living up to the family comedy’s setting in South Korea’s idol industry: aespa , NMIXX , Joshua of Seventeen , Soyeon of (G)I-DLE , Hongjoong of ATEEZ , JO1 , G-Dragon , Jay Park , Chung Ha , Lngshot , Crush , Dean , and Kevin Woo are all on board. But it’s also full of Paak’s own vocals, and thoroughly guided by his lush, retro-leaning sensibility, so it ends up being the closest thing to a Paak solo album since 2019’s Ventura .  Paak is currently on the road with Bruno Mars , where he’s pulling double duty as opener DJ Pee .Wee and onstage with Mars for the show’s Silk Sonic segment.…

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